In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, kvwood wrote:

[quote="Sterling"]So if Parallax paid extra to make them RoHS compliant, doesn't that mean that the customer eventually has to pay for this? Since all of Parallax's money comes from us, we pay extra.[/quote]

Sterling,

Jon Williams said that Parallax absorbed the cost, which means that instead of passing the extra cost on to their customers by raising prices, they dipped into their profits to pay for the expenses.

So over a give amount of time in the short term, Parallax makes less money. But over the long term, they will recover their losses, based on the fact that they can keep their customers using their product in the EU, and they can gain new customers that want to use their product in the EU.

Right now, you are seeing this through 14-yr old eyes. In 30 years, you will see things a lot differently. But for a current, relevent example< do some reseach of mercury levels in fish, and the health concerns associated.

So even if you paid more $$$ for an SX chip, or BS2, what is that compared to possibly paying for lax pollution controls with your health, or your children's health, or the health of some group of people that had no say in the fact that some company decided to build a toxic waste dump adjacent to their primary farming lands?

Just to let you know, this isn't a slam. At 14-yo, you have a lot of time ahead of you, and many decisions to make over the course of your life. You may one day be the person in charge of a company, or even a country, making decisions that will have an impact far beyond your expectations.

I think every adult here could look back at the course of their life from the age of 14 and give you a list of "I shoulda' done..." Try to see the bigger picture.

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